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All of us will experience the development of life since the day we were born up to the last breath we take. No one is exempted not to grow neither will live for a hundreds of years. Basically we grow, become mature, get a stable job, have a family, become old, and die. This is the sad irony of life. Physiologically, there are two factors which affect the process of aging. Smeltzer and Bare (2004,191) said that ” intrinsic aging refers to those changes caused by the normal aging process that are genetically programmed and essentially universal within the species”. Extrinsic aging, on the other hand, triggers the development of aging through accumulation of factors outside the body that contribute in its normal process. Medication, stress, and sedentary lifestyle are some of the examples of extrinsic factors that precipitate aging process.